by Peter Matos | Jul 2, 2008 | Patent
New rules concerning ex parte patent appeals are set to take effect Dec. 10, 2008. In response to their publication in June 2008, many in the field are characterizing them as making the process more costly and cumbersome, while proponents claim they provide much...
by Peter Matos | Sep 9, 2008 | Patent
Microsoft was recently awarded U.S. Patent 7,415,666 for a Method and System for navigating paginated content in page-based increments which has some up in arms at the notion that Microsoft could patent ‘Page-Up’ and...
by Peter Matos | Jul 7, 2013 | Trademark
Pursuant to Florida SB 872 the sate ficticious name statute 865.09, F.S, is being amended to require that a business publish its intent to use said ficticious name. While some have noted some exceptions to this requirement, such as...
by Peter Matos | Jun 3, 2009 | Patent
As noted below, On October 30, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected a business-method patent on the basis of the machine-or-transformation test (opinion). The widely varying dissents of the en banc decision suggest...
by Peter Matos | Jun 26, 2009 | Patent
Many titles were bestowed upon Michael Jackson during his lifetime, but one not commonly associated with him was “inventor”. But indeed, The King of Pop is listed as a co-inventor of United States Patent Number 5,255,452,...
